Tiger laughed kindly, and sighed "I know I worry a lot, but if I
didn't worry..." He trailed off, and glanced over to the counter.
"Then who would fall off cliffs for Pokemon who would be sold at
the game corner" he said joking slightly.
Tiger nodded thoughtfully "yeah" he said kindly. He was then caught
off guard as Cyndaquil ran out of the treatment room, and tackled
Tiger to the ground. "Oh hey bud" Tiger blinked, and got back
up.
"Sorry about that, Tiger. Cyndaquil was full of energy and he well"
Joy said in embarrassment.
Tiger shrugged "I'm use to it" he said kindly. He then looked over
to Mira "who knows maybe I could become an undercover officer, like
Looker."
Tiger thought for a moment, and yawned "I think it'd be best if we
stayed here tonight. After all if anything happens to Dratini then
we can get the news right away" he finished. Cyndaquil looked at
Tiger in confusion as he mentioned Dratini, he looked at Tiger's
hand, and stepped back in shock.
"Yeah I'm fine" Tiger said kindly, and explained what happened to
Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil blinked, and smiled.
"Cyndaquil....cy quil (reckless....as always)" the Pokemon sighed
in relief, and laughed. He jumped into Tiger's arms, and nudged his
trainer.
"I know I can be reckless" Tiger responded embarrassed, and looked
over to Mira. "Well I'm going to get a room, and go to bed..." He
said with a yawn he then felt suddenly exhausted from the events of
the day.
Tiger nodded, and got a key to a room. He then went to his room,
and walked inside. He looked around, and placed his bag, and jacket
on the floor. He then sat on the bed, and looked at his bandaged
hand will I even be able to defeat Misty tomorrow? he
thought to himself quietly.
Mira stretched, Growlithe jumping up to her shoulder. She went to
the cafe. "One lava cookie and a pinap juice please," She asked,
and was handed the food. She passed the cookie to Growlithe, who
nibbled on it as she got a key and went up to her room.
Tiger shrugged the thought off, and got ready to go to sleep. After
he showered, and changed he glanced at his pokegear, and saw he had
a text from Elm. "Looks like Jolt is ready to come back..." He said
kindly. "I'll get him in the morning" he yawned, and went to
sleep.
A kick to the face woke Mira up the next morning. "Ugh,
Growlithe..." She groaned, blinking open her eyes. She gave the
pokemon an annoyed glance only to find that she was still asleep.
Rolling her eyes, Mira sat up and got out of bed, quickly changing
her clothes.
Tiger was already awake. He was downstairs in the lobby talking to
Professor Elm. "Alright so Jolt will listen to me" he said kindly.
Jolteon was next to him, pouncing on a berry that fell out of his
pocket.
"Yes Jolteon will listen to you. He seems to have grown fond of
you, Tiger" Elm said with a nod, and looked over toward the fields.
"Oh great...err I'm sorry to cut it short, Tiger. There is a fight
in the fields..." he sighed.
"To bad I'm not there...the pokemon practically fear Cyndaquil"
Tiger said kindly, and laughed. Elm nodded, and hung up. Tiger then
looked over to Jolteon "Wonder how Dratini is doing..." he mumbled.
Mira shook Growlithe, trying to wake her up, but she wouldn't
budge. She chuckled and reached around for an awakening; she found
one and sprayed Growlithe with it. The pokemon jumped and looked
around, startled, until her eyes locked on Mira. "Sorry, bud, but
we gotta go," She snickered. Growlithe growled at her playfully
before jumping up onto her shoulder.
Mira went downstairs. "Morning Tiger!" She greeted. "Hey Jolteon! I
guess everything went well, then?"
Tiger looked over and heard Mira. He then got to his feet, and went
away from the pokemon transporter. "Morning" he said kindly. "Elm
said Jolt is very healthy" he said with a glance at his Jolteon.
"I'm planning on taking Misty on...then after that I'll see how
Dratini is doing"
"That's good. Are you sure you don't want to check now?" She asked,
leaning on the counter and grabbing her two pokeballs that were
there containing Ivysaur and Pikachu.
Tiger looked around "maybe I should check" he said simply. "After
all I want to see how he's doing" he said kindly, and returned
Jolteon. "Have you seen Joy?" he asked and looked around the lobby.
Tiger looked over, and saw her walking back to the counter. "Yes?
Something wrong" she asked kindly. Tiger glanced at the nurse, and
noticed she looked exhausted.
"Is something wrong?" he asked cautiously, and tried not to think
of what would happen if Dratini didn't survive through the
night.